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Arts for Health Cornwall and Isles<br />
of Scilly (AFHC) has announced its<br />
closure from the end of December for<br />
financial reasons. Trustees cited the<br />
‘increasingly challenging economic<br />
climate for small charities’ as the<br />
context within which this difficult<br />
decision was taken.<br />
AFHC has been at the forefront of<br />
developing arts and health practice<br />
in the county and nationwide, and<br />
over 10,000 people have benefitted<br />
from the projects and activities it has<br />
offered over its 14 years of operation.<br />
The charity hopes that the work it has<br />
stimulated will be taken forward by<br />
other organisations and individuals<br />
so that the benefits of arts on health<br />
and wellbeing can continue to be<br />
demonstrated. The charity’s website<br />
www.artsforhealthcornwall.org.uk will<br />
remain up and running for the next six<br />
months, so that people can continue<br />
to get information, advice and support<br />
as well as details of any existing<br />
groups that will be continuing.<br />
The doors close on 18 December, and<br />
the charity’s Director, Jayne Howard,<br />
is available until that date – email<br />
jayne@artsforhealthcornwall.org.uk<br />
or phone 01326 377772.<br />
Cultural Threads is a creative arts<br />
organisation that celebrates cultural<br />
diversity in Cornwall. We are a<br />
community interest company which<br />
works in partnership with other<br />
organisations to provide creativity,<br />
heritage and learning projects. Cultural<br />
Threads works with all children and<br />
adults in a creative way to offer support,<br />
learning and start conversations about<br />
culture and diversity.<br />
Cultural Threads has received Big<br />
Lottery Funding to provide a new<br />
website for diverse communities<br />
living in Cornwall. We hope this will<br />
be a valuable resource for everyone,<br />
a place for people to connect via the<br />
community forum to share ideas and<br />
recommendations for each other and<br />
to learn.<br />
If you have any questions, suggestions,<br />
recommendations or comments they<br />
would be gratefully received either<br />
direct to info@culturalthreads.co.uk<br />
or via the community forum or contact<br />
page on the website.<br />
Also check out our Black History Month<br />
Challenge film on the website.<br />
www.culturalthreads.co.uk<br />
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